Mote-board for cotton-gins.



No. 758,166.' 'PATBNTED APR. 26, 1901.

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v APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1903.

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UNITED STATES ramm d April 26, 1904.

PATE T OFFICE.

CLEMENS G. BODUNGEN, OF LAGBANGE, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,166, dated April as, 1904.

Application filed June 13, 1903.

To aZZ whom it may/concern:

Be it known that I, OLnMnNs Gr. Bonnnenn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lagrange, in the county of Fayette and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Mote- Board for Cotton-Grins, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a cotton-gins. l

The object of the present invention is to mote-board for improve the construction of cotton-gins, more especially the construction of the mote-board, and to provide a simple and. comparatively inexpensive mote-board adapted to be readily applied at a small cost to cotton-gins of the ordinary construction without necessitating any material change in the construction thereof and capable of saving the naplint and motes usually lost and of conducting the same to the cotton-seed conveyor.

A further object of the invention is to prevent motes and nap-lint from collecting under the gin stand or'frame, where they are liable to take fire and destroy the cotton-gin and from whence it is necessary to remove them by hand, which often results in the loss of a hand or an arm.

Another object of the invention is to prevent the updraft, which often interferes with the operation of the brush-cylinder in opening the lint and separating therefrom the motes, nap, and trash and which often causes the motes, nap, and trash to be carried rear-- novel combination and arrangement of parts and out through Serial No, 161,338, on modeL) sacrificing any of vention. 1

In the drawingaFigurke 1 is a vertical sectional View of a cotton-gin provided with a mote-board constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is'a detail viewof a portion of the mote-board. 1

the advantages of the in- Like numerals of reference 'designate corresponding parts in both-figures of the drawings.

1 designates the frame or stand of the cotton-gin, which frame or stand is provided at inder 6, provided at its periphery with brushes 7 of the ordinary construction. The brushcylinder 6 removes the lint from the saws and carries the same rearwardly and upwardly through the passage or flue 8, the motes, naplint, and sand dropping in front of mote-board 9 at 13.

brushed from the saws by a rotary brush-cyl The mote-board 9, which is constructed of sheet metalsuch as zinc, galvanized steel,alu- :minium, or other suitable material.consists of .a horizontalupper portion 10,'located directly beneath the brush-cylinder 6 and preferably secured to the upper face of a horizontal board ll, constructed and arranged similar to the ordinary horizIontalmote-board; but

the improved mote-board "maybe supported by any other suitable means, as Will-be readily understood. The mote-board 10 is angula'rly bent and extended downward at the front edge of the supporting-board 11, which is spaced from the front of the gin frameor stand to provide a passage 12 for the falling motes, nap, sand, and other foreign matter. The angular bend 13 conforms to the configuration of the front edge of the supporting-board 11, and the mote-board 10 is extended downward of the ordinary construction being employed for carrying off the cotton-seed, motes, nap,

and sand. The motes, nap, and sand are discharged through a lower opening 16, located at the lower or front end of the inclined por tion or chute 14E of the mote-board 9. The inclined front portion or chute is curved, as shown, and it extends from the front portion of the supporting-board 1-1 to the front of the gin frame or stand at the bottom of the opening 16, and it thereby'closes the gin stand or frame at the bottom. By closing the gin stand or frame at the bottom a direct verticaldraft from the bottom of the gin-frame through the space between the supporting-board 11 and the front of the frame to the gin-saws is prevented. A direct vertical draft from the bottom of the gin-frame to the gin-saws has been found exceedingly disadvantageous, as it interferes with the operation of the rotary brushcylinder in removing the lint and separating the mote, nap," and sand from the same. It has been found by-experience that when the mote-board is moved forward sufliciently to prevent-a direct upward draft the brush will not separate the motes and trash from the lint and throw them downward, but will carry all along with the lint into the lint-room. If the front edge of the mote-board is pushed back sufliciently to permit a proper operation of the brush, space is left'open and a direct vertical draft results and prevents the motes and trash from being separated from the lint and often causing the brush to drop the lint with the motes and waste the former. The inclined flexible apron or chute forms practically an inclined passage from the front opening 16 to the rear passage or flue 8. The

motes and trash are thrown downwardly upon the inclined apron or chute, at the top thereof, and they slide down the apron or chute and are discharged into the cotton-seed conveyer.

.The supporting-board 11 is mounted in horizontal guides or ways 17 formed by upper and-lower horizontal cleats or bars, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings, and it is capable of adjustment and is adapted to be moved backward or forward to vary the size of the opening or space 12 between the upper end of the inclined portion or chute of the moteboard and the front of the gin stand or frame to regulate the draft and to effecta proper discharge of the motes, nap, and Sand.

The inclined portion or chute 14 forms a flexible apron and is adapted to be readily bent or shaped to accommodate itself to the ad j ustment of the upper portion of the mote-board, andafter a proper adjustment has been obtained the lower edge of the inclined portion or chute may be secured to the front of the gin-frame at the bottom of the opening 16 by suitable fastening devices. The gin frame or stand is curved at the bottom of the opening 16 to form a concaved seat for the reception of the curved front portion of the mote-board. The inclined chute or apron prevents the motes, nap, and sand from falling beneath the gin frame or stand and endangering the cotton-gin from fire and necessitating their removal from beneath the gin frame or stand by hand, which operation frequently results in the loss of a hand or an arm.

The lower opening 16 of the front of the frame may, if desired, be partly closed by a board or any other suitable means for preventing the motes, nap, sand, and other-heavy matter from entering the seed-conveyer when it is desired to obtain absolutely clean seed.

What I claim =is 1. In a cotton-gin, the combination with a frame or stand provided at the front with an opening, ginsaws,and a rotary brush-cylinder, of a mote-board comprising an approximately horizontal portion located beneath the brushcylinder, and an inclined portion extending downward at the front of the horizontal portion to the said opening and closing the space at the bottom of the frame or stand and forming a chute, substantially as described.

2. In a cotton-gin, the combination with a frame or stand provided at the front with an opening, of a mote-board comprising an upper approximately horizontal portion, and an inclined portion extending downward from the horizontal portion to the said opening, and

forming a'chute and closing the space at the bottom of the frame or stand, substantially as described.

3. In a cotton-gin, the combination with a 7 and consisting of an ,upper approximately horizontal portion,and a-curved front portion arranged at an inclination and extending downward to the opening to form a chute, substantially as described.

5. In a cotton-gin, the combination with a frame or stand having an opening, of a moteboard comprising an upper adjustable portion,

and an inclinedflexible apron extending from I the adjustable portion to'the opening,-to form a chute and to close the space at the bottom of the frame or stand, substantially as described;

6. In a cotton-gin, the combination with a frame or stand having an opening and provided with ways, of an adjustable supportingboard arranged in the ways, and a mote-board constructed of flexible material, and consisting of an upper portion carried by the supporting-board, and an inclined portion extending therefrom to the said opening and forming a flexible apron, substantially as described.

7. In a cotton-gin, the combination with the gin saws, ribs, and brush-cylinder, of a moteboard comprising a rigid section, and a flexible apron or chute.

8. In a cotton-gin, an adjustable mote-board having at one end a flexible apron extension depending therefrom.

9. In a cotton-gin, the combination with the gin-stand having an opening at the front below the gin-saws, of a mote-board having an apron or chute communicating with the interior of the gin and discharging through the said opening.

10. In a cottongin,the combination with the gin saws, ribs, and brush-cylinder, of an adj ustable mote-board having an apron or chute communicating respectively with the-interiorand exterior of the gin.

1 1. In a cotton-gin, the combination with the ginsaws, ribs, and brush-cylinder, of an adjustable mote-board comprising an upper rigid portion adjustable toward and away from the front of the gin and provided with an apron or chute.

12. In a cotton-gin the combination with the saws, gin-ribs, and brush-cylinder, of a moteboard partially closing the space below the saws and brush-cylinder, and having an apron or chute which communicates with the exterior of the stand.

13. In a cotton-gin, the combination with the saws, gin-ribs, and brush-cylinder, of a moteboard comprising a relatively rigid portion, and a flexible apron or chute extension.

14. In a cotton-gin, the combination with the saws, gin-ribs, and brush-cylinder, of a m0teboard comprising a relatively rigid portion partially closing the space at the bottom of the saws and brush-cylinder, and an apron or chute fitted in the space between the said rigid portion and the front of the gin-stand, and communicating at its outer end'with the exterior of said stand, for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLEMENS G. BODUNGEN.

'Witnesses:

JOSEPH EHLINGER, JOHN P. EHLINGER. 

